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Occasional Paper 34: Paddle Steamer PS Weeroona

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

Recently the attention of the NHSA was drawn to the possibility of a paddle-steamer serving in the RAN. It appears that the closest was PS Weeroona built as a Port ...

HMS Vanessa North Atlantic 1941

Crockett, Davie, Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR · Jun 10, 2004 ·

A Lower Deck account of the misery at sea in an old destroyer during an Atlantic gale. WHEN I JOINED THE NAVY the probability of encountering dangerous weather did not ...

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HMAS Australia – Atlantic 1940

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Sep 1, 1995 ·

In January 1941, I was serving in the County Class Cruiser “Australia” as a Midshipman, having joined the ship in September 1939 just after the outbreak of war. We had ...

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